![]() This year on International Women's Day (8 March) the Chinese government struck a big blow to the country's feminist movement when Sina Weibo – the Chinese equivalent of Twitter – shut down the popular Feminist Voices Facebook page. "Even though there are tight constraints on social media there's still room to get your message across." It's constantly a cat-and-mouse game with internet censors. "If one person's social media account is shut down… they find another person to post something. ![]() When the #MeToo movement swept the world at the end of 2017, Hong didn't think China's feminist activists would be about to seize on it, but #MeToo became a convenient hashtag.Ĭhina's feminist activists are innovative and continually coming up with different strategies to get around China's heavy and sophisticated internet censorship.īefore the censors caught on, women were using the emojis for rice and bunny – which when spoken aloud are pronounced “mi tu” – to tag content relating to sexual harassment or assault. Improve your experience by using a more up-to-date browser like Chrome, Firefox, or Edge. Clockwise from top left: Li Tingting, Wu Rongrong, Zheng Churan, Wei Tingting, Wang Man Photo: Amnesty International / EyePress Some features of our website wont work with Internet Explorer. ![]()
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